OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case
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If this argument lands, courts may start weighing a company’s own offboarding and access hygiene when deciding trade secret claims. For any org relying on IP protection, sloppy account and device offboarding isn’t just a security risk — it weakens your legal position.
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